- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1841 Nov. 20, Trader's Hill, G[eorgi]a [to] R[oger] Jones, Adjutant General of the Army, Washington, D.C. / W[illiam] W[allace] S[mith] Bliss
- Creator:
- Bliss, William Wallace Smith, 1815-1853
- Date of Original:
- 1841-11-20
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Claims against
Georgia. Militia--Mobilization
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Ware County, Okefenokee Swamp, 30.6668928, -82.3331791
- Medium:
- official reports
military records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Copy of a letter dated November 20, 1841 from William Wallace Smith Bliss, Assistant Adjutant General at Trader's Hill (Charlton County, Georgia) to Roger Jones, Adjutant General of the Army, in Washington, D.C, originally enclosing muster rolls no longer attached. Bliss mentions having met Captain James A. Sweat whose company he ordered to muster in anticipation of orders from Colonel William J. Worth. He also indicates that he has delayed mustering Captain Aaron Jernigan's company until he receives Worth's orders. Bliss further remarks that he has recently traversed the Okefenokee Swamp area and deems it secure from Indian attacks and that reports of Indian "signs" are dubious.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- tcc635
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc635
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc635#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc635/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 52, folder 06, document 09.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Trader's Hill, Ga.
Nov. 20th, 1841.
Sir,
Herewith I respectfully enclose the Muster Rolls of Capt. J. [James] A. Sweat's company of mounted militia, mustered by me at this place on the 18th instant.
I saw Capt. Sweat, just before leaving for north's station, and ordered his company to this point for muster, fully expecting to receive the instructions of Col. Worth by the day appointed, which was the earliest day that the company could be assembled here. In this I was disappointed, and the company has accordingly been mustered for service and placed, agreeably to my instructions, under the orders of Captain H. Day, 2d Infantry, commanding this post.
Jernigan's company was embodied on the 15th instant, but the difficulty, at this moment, of supplying it at its rendezvous, near Fort Moniac, has induced me to defer its muster until I receive Col. Worth's instructions, which can hardly fail to reach me by the 22d instant. I hope this short delay will meet the approbation of the Major General Commanding.
On my route hence to Fort Rosa (5 miles east of North's station) I traversed nearly 60 miles of the Okeefinokee frontier, and found the country in a perfectly tranquil condition, no alarm seeming to exist
Page: [2]
among the settlers, and the road being constantly travelled by small parties and individuals, unarmed- I could hear of no Indian depredations for many months within the limits of Georgia, and the "signs" occasionally reported, are too equivocal to deserve attention. While Fort Rosa, Fort Moniac, and the post near Thigpen's, are occupied, I should deem this frontier abundantly secure from Indian inroads, particularly in the present state of affairs in Florida.
I am Sir, Very respectfully, Your Obdt. Servt. [Obedient Servant]
(Sigd.) [Signed]
[Signed] W. W. S. [William Wallace Smith] Bliss Asst. Adjt. Genl. [Assistant Adjutant General]
The Adjutant General of the Army, Washington, D.C.
True Copy:
[Signed] R. Jones
Adj. Gnl [Adjutant General]
Recd [Received] 3d.